Tag: Air Travel

A T-38 Talon is pictured near an Air Force base.

Pilot ejected before military plane crash in Oklahoma: Report

Anna Giaritelli · August 17, 2018 8:59 pm

Travelers walk to their terminal at the Fort LauderdaleâHollywood International Airport in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Esteban Santiago-Ruiz, who was responsible for a shooting there in 2017, has been sentenced to five life terms in prison.

Man who killed five at Florida airport in 2017 sentenced to five life terms in prison

Anna Giaritelli · August 17, 2018 5:57 pm

LATAM airlines kiosks stand inside the airport in Santiago, Chile, on July 25, 2016.

National Security

Planes make emergency landings in Peru, Chile, Argentina due to bomb threats: Report

Anna Giaritelli · August 17, 2018 12:06 am

U.S. Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence exit Air Force Two in South Korea during a February 2018 trip. The Air Force has awarded a $16 million contract to Boeing to upgrade one of the four Boeing 757s used by the vice president and senor government officials.

Air Force Two’s $16 million upgrade seeks a more ‘presidential’ look

James Langford · August 15, 2018 5:47 pm

Savannah/Hilton Head International Airport TSA Lead Officer Darrell Wade talks to passengers as they make their way through the TSA checkpoint on Thursday, Aug. 9, 2018. On July 20, Wade grabbed a smoking bag from the TSA checkpoint and carried it away from passengers. It turned out to be a malfunctioning vape battery.

Beltway Confidential

TSA’s useless security theater didn’t prevent a plane from being stolen

Erin Dunne · August 13, 2018 3:13 pm

Flight-sharing can’t take off in the US without Congress’s help

Matt Voska and Alan Guichard · August 13, 2018 4:00 am

Law enforcement officials stand at a staging area at the ferry terminal in Steilacoom, Wash., near where a Coast Guard spokeswoman said the agency was responding to a report of a smoke plume and possible plane crash. Earlier in the evening, officials at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport said an Alaska Airlines plane had been stolen and later crashed.

White House commends response to stolen plane

Diana Stancy Correll · August 11, 2018 2:23 pm

A Transportation Security Administration officer views a full-body scan.

Lawmakers introduce bill reinventing transgender airport screenings

William Nardi · August 8, 2018 4:43 pm

In this Aug. 3, 2011 photo, a Transportation Security Administration officer discovers unallowable liquids in a passenger's carry on luggage at the security checkpoint at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, in Atlanta. The TSA was created after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.

National Security

TSA’s new security scanners could make removing liquids, electronics at airports a thing of the past

Anna Giaritelli · July 30, 2018 8:08 pm

Air passengers heading to their departure gates enter TSA precheck before going through security screening at Orlando International Airport Thursday, June 21, 2018, in Orlando, Fla.

Beltway Confidential

Quiet Skies shows just how much privacy the government thinks you give up when you fly

Erin Dunne · July 30, 2018 5:50 pm

FILE - In this Oct. 18, 2010 file photo, an Amazon.com package is prepared for shipment by a United Parcel Service (UPS) driver in Palo Alto, Calif. States could force Internet retailers to collect sales taxes under a bill that the Senate advanced on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)

TSA collecting info on regular travelers through ‘Quiet Skies’ program: Report

Kelly Cohen · July 30, 2018 12:09 am

A traveler walks past a sign advertising a Delta Air Lines credit card at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in SeaTac, Wash., on March 24, 2015.

Senate moving ahead with airline fee rules despite Trump’s opposition

Joe Williams · July 27, 2018 5:01 pm